Hello Frank and all, SMC cards are infamous for being bad. And that's as in bad, no good. A few months ago when I saw one in action, the client software was still buggy, and range was severely limiting. They've released a few new versions, so I can't attest to those. Also, last time I checked, DLink cards shared the same software...
As per the 22Mbps and 256 bit encryption in this product (e.g. SMC2435W), the 22Mbps is not a 802.11b (or "a") standard, and so this would be only with other "22Mbps" APs (such as the SMC2455W). And the 256 bit encryption is also a "SMC Standard". Note the joke.... it's an SMC thing only, so it's not really a standard. Even some of SMC APs don't support their own "standard" (e.g. SMC2655W). Need I say more... For those w/o the internet or in a rush, J&R has the ORiNOCO gold cards. And ORiNOCO has a number of aliases... Proxim, Agere, Avaya, and WaveLAN. Or you could use the internet, see below. http://www.pricegrabber.com/search_getprod.php/masterid=253925/prsrt=1 -Ben P.S. Sorry about all the sarcasm... ;-) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Zephyr" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Kevin Mark" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "Ben Serebin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "James C.Y. Lin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "David Rosenstrauch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, January 03, 2003 9:54 AM Subject: Re: [nycwireless] WHAT'S A GOOD WIRELESS CARD TO GET? > Thanx for the advice, Kevin. I haven't seen any Cisco > or Orinoco cards in the stores I've been into though. > I used an Orinoco card this past summer when i was > working overseas, but it was a rental. > > What about the SMC card I was referring to? Have you > heard of it before? It's supposed to go up to 22 mbps > with up to 256 bit encryption. The box is still > unopened. > > Frank > > --- Kevin Mark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > All cards are not created equally. Cisco is best > > because it has the > > hightest signal strength (100mw).second is the > > Orinoco (aka agere, and > > I think dell and others). The linksys and others > > have less (like > > 30mw ) . if you do google you may find this info. > > Most folks get > > orinoco becuase it is the best all around value ( > > best price, good > > signal, most expandable) at $50-80. The cisco is > > about $100-150. > > -K > > On Thu, 2 Jan 2003, Zephyr wrote: > > > > > Happy new year to all! > > > > > > I attempted to post my question to the list a > > while > > > ago, but the list administrator wan't helpful at > > all, > > > so I'll go ahead and ask you guys for advice, if > > you > > > don't mind. > > > > > > Which card should I get? I bought a card made by > > SMC > > > (never before heard of it) that supposedly goes up > > to > > > 22 mbps and is capable of 256-bit encryption. I > > > haven't opened the box yet, since I'm new to all > > this, > > > but I'll prolly give it a try soon, unless I get > > some > > > type of warning from you guys... > > > > > > I have a Dell 8200 laptop with XP. What other > > advice > > > do you have for a newbie like me? I just want to > > > enjoy getting online through wireless, since I > > heard > > > about it when I was in San Francisco... > > > > > > Thanks in advance! > > > > > > Frank > > > > > > --- Ben Serebin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Hello Guys and all, > > > > > > > > If you have a Linksys combo AP + router > > and > > > > your happy... then good. > > > > The original reason I recommended users to avoid > > > > them was they tended to > > > > have lower output power and lack of detachable > > > > antennas compared with other > > > > APs (WAP11, ORiNOCOs, Cisco 350 Rugged). Hence, > > the > > > > non-recommended status > > > > they got (notice past tense) by me. I'm a firm > > > > believer in the ability to > > > > add an antenna in case your apt/house is too > > large > > > > to get full coverage. > > > > This seems to have changed with version 2 of the > > > > Linksys BEFW11S4. Not sure > > > > if it has all the functionality of the WAP11, > > but > > > > not a big deal if it does > > > > not, since Linksys tends to add a fair amount of > > > > functionality in their > > > > firmware as time goes on. As per the output > > power... > > > > Linksys "might" > > > > (haven't seen posted specs on this) have > > realized > > > > this and fixed this > > > > problem, since Linksys created an amp (to > > address > > > > the low power output in > > > > version 1s). > > > > > > > > In any case, I'll still stick with my herd of > > > > RG-1000s by ORiNOCO = Agere = > > > > Avaya = WaveLAN = and now Proxim, > > > > -Ben > > > > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > From: "James C.Y. Lin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > To: "David Rosenstrauch" > > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; > > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > Sent: Thursday, January 02, 2003 10:33 AM > > > > Subject: Re: [nycwireless] New to List/Mac-PC > > user > > > > in Bklyn > > > > > > > > > > > > > Yeah... Why? > > > > > > > > > > I have a WAP11 for two years and 4 months ago > > I > > > > bought their combo device > > > > > (Router + AP) and am very happy about the > > quality. > > > > > > > > > > Is there any potential damage or drawback I > > have > > > > not faced? > > > > > > > > > > James > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > > From: "David Rosenstrauch" > > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > Sent: Thursday, January 02, 2003 10:30 AM > > > > > Subject: Re: [nycwireless] New to List/Mac-PC > > user > > > > in Bklyn > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Tuesday 31 December 2002 12:03 pm, Ben > > > > Serebin wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > - Linksys has a few good products (WAP11 > > and > > > > WET11), I recommend you > > > > > stay > > > > > > > away from their combo devices though > > (router + > > > > AP). > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Just curious: why? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > > > > > > > DR > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > NYCwireless - http://www.nycwireless.net/ > > > > > > Un/Subscribe: > > > > > > > > > > http://lists.nycwireless.net/mailman/listinfo/nycwireless/ > > > > > > Archives: > > > > > > http://lists.nycwireless.net/pipermail/nycwireless/ > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > NYCwireless - http://www.nycwireless.net/ > > > > > Un/Subscribe: > > > > > > > > > > http://lists.nycwireless.net/mailman/listinfo/nycwireless/ > > > > > Archives: > > > > > > http://lists.nycwireless.net/pipermail/nycwireless/ > > > > > > > > -- > > > > NYCwireless - http://www.nycwireless.net/ > > > > Un/Subscribe: > > > > > > > > > > http://lists.nycwireless.net/mailman/listinfo/nycwireless/ > > > > Archives: > > > > > http://lists.nycwireless.net/pipermail/nycwireless/ > > > > > > > > > ===== > > > > > > 1-646-643-7265 or 1-646-64-FRANK > > > > > > Take my Quiz on QuizYourFriends.com! > > > > > > PO Box 2005 > > > > > > New York, NY 10008-2005 > > > > > > > > > http://briefcase.yahoo.com/bc/zephyrhawaii/lst?.dir=/Yahoo!+Photo+Album&.vie w=l > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://profiles.yahoo.com/zephyrhawaii ICQ UIN > > 7251535 MSN Messenger nick [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Yahoo Messenger nick zephyrhawaii AOL Instant > > Messenger nick ZephyrNewYork > > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > > Do you Yahoo!? > > > Yahoo! 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